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This is a Place to go and apply what you have already learned from your previous employment and you will do this without the hope of growth or advancement. The company offers  no opportunity  for career advancement, you will sit at your desk do your work day in and day out 50 hours a week, knowing that this is what you will do for the rest of your career here. They offer no educational training to develop employee skills, software programs are old antiquated versions of Microsoft office, they are too cheap to spend money to update computers and software, or provide training. They rarely offer raises you will leave the company earning the same amount as you did when you started plus you are now less marketable as an employee because you haven't learned anything new.

They make great toys and they are very difficult to work for.

It was fun at first but it didnt last long. It gets old fast- they are extremely regimented and you get a catered lunch every day- but they take it out of your paycheck! You're being watched. There are multiple cameras on you from all angles. It's pretty mind-messing environment. Many who left before me were severely damaged by the environment. They watch you with cameras- they monitor your phone calls- you cannot have any cell phones and if they catch you- and they've got cameras on you- they threaten you. So god forbid something real life happens like you get a call from your child's school nurse.  The owners- private company- completely crazy egomaniacs. Owner talks to staff with bullhorn.

Degrading and demeaning hiring tactics such as making potentials sing karaoke.  You will also most likely spend at least 2-3 full days testing and filling out forms while people intentionally come up behind you screaming in your ears trying to distract you.

Once hired you will be paid peanuts while working in a cramped environment with no chance of advancement or hope for the future. 

They are seeking extremely desperate people they can manipulate and tear down. Imagine a couple of pimps working together and hanging around low income neighborhood elementary schools and you're on the right track.

These people pretend that they care about childhood and giving back to the community but they don’t. All they care about is the bottom line. In 2020 they gave toys away to children in Wilton, CT where money is not an issue but they charged parents for toys in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Bridgeport, CT. They claim that no one gets bonuses or works on commission; that’s a lie. Management could care less about the people that work there; workers are thought of as expendable  and replaceable. They have no defined processes, clear working goals or responsibilities.

The employees, especially the long term ones, are wonderful.  It's a tight-knit group of wonderful people.  Private equity firm took control in the last year or so and they have brought in high level managers who have made disastrous decisions that have forced several long term and highly capable people to leave.  I am afraid the next couple of years will be very turbulent.

I Have spoken with a number of more than qualified applicants to to this company and they all say the same thing... "They never get back to you." If your company is up to date and somewhere close to being professional, it is currently common place to get back to all applicants in a timely fashion. Even a month removed removed would still be considered professional. At Melissa and Doug though, they don't mind posting a job and then only responding to one or two potential candidates. Bad form.

This company is a gulag, a nightmare of penny pinching with little respect offered to the many talented, under payed artists. Oddly enough management does well by exploiting creatives and most of the toy line offered here is a bit dated, still advertising helps with that aspect. Fairly aggressive branding etc. but are wood block toys really still the rage? Other items are offered too but this place is a modern day version of NYC's Triangle Factory.

They pretend like they're interested in customers and the people they sell toys to,  but they're only interested in the bottom line. They discard people like they were nothing and they have never appreciated the hard work that their employees do for them. Be wary of anything they may promise because it can turn on a dime.

Amazing toys for kids.  Very nice image and presentation of what we stand for to the general public.  However, it is a shame management has poor management skills with no prior managerial acumen before coming here.  There is a new regime that I hope and pray will turn things around.  Miracles can happen!

You will go through a lengthy interview process, only to be worked like a slave with barely any motivation to stay. Hours are 8am-6pm with a half hour lunch. Expect to be overworked and underpaid, and have to act happy to customers like you're having a great time there - but it is all a facade - for the most part everyone is miserable there. Management is downright TERRIBLE and cold-hearted.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Sales 4 salaries reported	$123,000 per year
Sales manager 3 salaries reported	$141,667 per year
Customer service representative 1 salary reported	$19.32 per hour
Brand ambassador 1 salary reported	$18.50 per hour
Babysitter/nanny 1 salary reported	$21.19 per hour

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